If kids are given peanuts as babies, they are less likely to develop an allergy later on.

Research conducted last year and published in the New England Journal of Medicine claimed that early exposure to peanuts could reduce the risk of allergy by around 80 per cent.

And now a new study has backed up these findings, showing that ‘long-lasting’ allergy protection can be sustained.

Researchers at King’s College London suggest that if a child has been given peanut snacks within the first 11 months of their life, then they are less likely to develop an allergy later on – even if they stop eating the food for a year.

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‘The [research] clearly demonstrates that the majority of infants did in fact remain protected and that the protection was long-lasting,’ Prof Gideon Lack, the lead researcher, told BBC News.